A man was booked for allegedly submitting fake documents to lay claim to the historic Durgadi Fort in Kalyan in Maharashtra's Thane district, a police official said on Friday.

Suyash Shirke claimed he was the descendant of some of the yesteryear rulers who had possession of the fort, on the basis of which he submitted an application to the local revenue office on September 11, 2022 seeking transfer of the ownership of the land on which the structure stands, Assistant Commissioner of Police Kalyanji Gethe told reporters.